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Cattana Wetlands Water Quality Monitoring

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Coverage

The map below highlights the areas where sampling has occurred for this program.

Click on the map to view information about the drainage basins in this area.

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Program start date

2010

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Program end date

Ongoing

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Objectives of the program

To monitor the ecological health of water and the impacts of surrounding cane land and urban run-off on water quality and the ability of the ecosystem to sustain fish and frogs.

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Who is involved?

Lead organisation

Cairns Regional Council

Contact details of lead organisation: council@cairns.qld.gov.au

Partner organisations

None listed

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List of indicators monitored

  • Total nitrogen
  • Nitric oxide
  • Nitrogen dioxide
  • Ammonia
  • Total phosphorous
  • Filterable reactive phosphorus
  • Biological oxygen demand
  • Dissolved oxygen
  • Suspended solids
  • pH
  • Temperature
  • Salinity
  • 2,4-D-sodium
  • Gramoxine
  • Glyphosate
  • Suscon blue
  • Throttle
  • Shirtan

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Scale of program

Local

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Brief description of sampling locations

Artificial lakes at Smithfield, Cairns

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Frequency of monitoring

Annual

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Where is the program reported?

Data is available to the public if requested from the Cairns Regional Council  

Last updated: 22 March 2013

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Cattana Wetlands Water Quality Monitoring, WetlandInfo website, accessed 14 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/assessment/monitoring/current-and-future-monitoring/cattana-wetlands-water-quality-monitoring.html